The American South – Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana
A trip through the South is like travelling through a cultural history of America. So many famous place names and events and a very different world to the North…. The first thing you notice about Memphis ( if you can do anything but think about Elvis) is that even though… Learn more
Miami
Miami is everything you expect. It is bright, brash, colourful, great fun and HOT! You need to stay in South Beach to take advantage of the true lifestyle that people move here from all over America for. The sun is always shining and the beach goes on for miles and… Learn more
Nashville
Nashville has a vibrant, well off, buzzing kind of energy. In the past it has been a country music pilgrimage destination but it has become newly fashionable and is attracting new people from all over with new and exciting events, places and buildings popping up everywhere. I went for the… Learn more
USA
New York, New York… by Ian Collier
I only had 5 nights to ‘do’ NYC so I invented a machine that slows down time. If you don’t have one of these, the same effect can be achieved by buying a map & a subway pass, utilising every spare second of the day and not sleeping very much.… Learn more
And We’re Walking, Washington DC by Ian Collier
Well, when you’re on a coach tour, you certainly can’t complain about not maximising the limited time available! Yesterday, we managed to squeeze pretty much every memorial in DC (Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, WW2, Korean, Vietnam, Holocaust) plus the White House, Capitol, popped across the Potomac to Arlington National Cemetary &… Learn more
The Streets of Philadelphia by Ian Collier
Well, at the end of a whistle stop 24 hours in the City of Brotherly Love I’m certainly better educated about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the drafting of the Constitution as any trip here is basically a U.S. History lesson replete with patriotic assertions of how… Learn more
How d’Ya Like Dem’ Apples Boston by Ian Collier
Yes, we’re in Boston, so today’s playlist is heavy with the eclectic mixture of Aerosmith, James Taylor & the Pixies, and depending on where we end up, perhaps a dash of Donna Summer later on. After a day of driving from Philadelphia yesterday, it’s nice to have a couple of… Learn more
No Sleep Til Brooklyn by Ian Collier
Yes, I’ve just returned from Brooklyn having just enjoyed a pretty much completely off the beaten tourist track tour of this less heralded Borough, so I have to applaud my tour operator Globus for having the imagination to include it on our itinerary. I walked in John Travolta’s ‘Saturday Night… Learn more
Manhattan by Bike and from the very Top by Ian Collier
One of my final activities in New York was a 3 hour “Bike & Roll” cycle tour of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn – this ended up being the highlight of my time in NYC. Departing from Battery Park, we cycled about 12 miles through lower Manhattan & Brooklyn, crossing both… Learn more
